RFR(S): 8026949: -Xint flag prints wrong warning: Initialization of C1 thread failed (no space to run compilers)

Igor Veresov igor.veresov at oracle.com
Tue Oct 22 10:12:34 PDT 2013


Looks good.

igor

On Oct 22, 2013, at 6:15 AM, Albert Noll <albert.noll at oracle.com> wrote:

> Thanks Igor. This is a good solution.
> 
> Here is the webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~anoll/8026949/webrev.01/
> 
> Best,
> Albert
> 
> On 22.10.2013 08:41, Igor Veresov wrote:
>> Another trivial fix option is to just bail out of CompileBroker::compilation_init() is UseCompiler is false. To avoid initializing the compiler objects and all..
>> 
>> igor
>> 
>> On Oct 21, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Albert Noll <albert.noll at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Christian, Igor, thanks for the reviews.
>>> 
>>> There seems to be an ambiguity between -Xint and -XX:+UseCompiler. Whether we use a compiler or 
>>> not, depends on the order in which the arguments are given. I am not exactly sure why we have 
>>> the -XX:(+/-)UseCompiler flag at all, also as a product flag.
>>> 
>>> The reason why I added the checks when we determine the number of compiler threads is that we
>>> do not generate the compiler objects (they are not needed). Also, the number of compiler threads 
>>> is set correctly.
>>> 
>>> The solution proposed by Igor is simpler. If the above issues do not matter, I would also opt for the 
>>> simple solution.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Albert
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 22.10.2013 06:17, Igor Veresov wrote:
>>>> If think you can just use the existing "UseCompiler" flag, that we set to false when -Xint is specified and just not call init_compiler_threads() if UseCompiler == false.
>>>> 
>>>> igor
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 21, 2013, at 2:54 AM, Albert Noll <albert.noll at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> could I have reviews for this small patch?
>>>>> 
>>>>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8026949
>>>>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~anoll/8026949/webrev.00/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Problem: 8023014 introduced a wrong warning: Initialization of C1 thread failed (no space to run compilers) when the VM is started
>>>>>                with -Xint
>>>>> 
>>>>> Solution: Do not start compiler threads if VM is started with -Xint
>>>>> 
>>>>> Testing: -Xint flag does not print out the false warning. Tested flag combinations:
>>>>>       -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xint (-server / -client)
>>>>>       -XX:-TieredCompilation -Xint   (-server / -client)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>> Albert
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 

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